SCRANTON, Pa. - The Arcadia University baseball team split a non-conference doubleheader at the University of Scranton on Friday, taking game two 11-4 after dropping game one 10-7.

HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME TWO: ARCADIA 11, SCRANTON 4
-Scranton opened the scoring in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead.

-Thomas Strauch tied the score in the second on a sacrifice fly that brought home Michael Bukowski.

-Emilio Pallante gave the Knights the lead in the third when he brought home Alex Madera, who led off the frame with a triple.

-After the Royals evened the scored in the third, Kevin Wheeler and Strauch each had run-scoring plate appearances to give Arcadia a 4-2 advantage.

-Scranton plated two runners in the bottom of the fourth to tie the count before Pallante brought Madera home on a sacrifice fly.

-Bukowski increased the lead in the sixth when he scored on a wild pitch.

-The Knights exploded for five runs in the seventh on rbi plate appearances from Anthony Bruno, Kevin Wheeler, and Strauch.

-Zach Steiger earned the victory, allowing four runs on seven hits with three walks and seven strikeouts in a complete-game effort.

KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits: Madera (3) / Bukowski (3) / Wheeler (2) / Strauch (2)
Runs: Madera (3) / Bukowski (3)
RBI: Strauch (4) / Wheeler (2) / Pallante (2)
Walks: Justin Massielo (2) / Wheeler (1) / Madera (1) / Bukowski (1)

GAME ONE: SCRANTON 10, ARCADIA 7
-Scranton opened the scoring with a run in the first.

-Massielo tied the score in the second with a single to center that brought Hunter Curley in.

-Arcadia took its first lead in the fourth when Massielo brought home Curley with a double to left, with Massielo following on a ground out by Madera.

-After the Royals closed the gap to 3-2, the Knights added two more runs in the fifth when Curley doubled to left scoring Matt Donchez and Massielo hit a sacrifice fly bringing in Matthew Sot.

-Scranton tied the score with three runs in the bottom of the fifth.

-Pallante gave Arcadia the lead right back in the sixth with a sngle scoring Wheeler.

-Griffin Murphy increased the lead to 7--5 with a run-scoring groundout in the top of the seventh.

-The Royals took the lead for good in the bottom of the seventh with five runs.

KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits: Curley (4) / Massielo (3)
Runs: Curley (3) / Massielo (1) / Donchez (1) / Wheeler (1) / Sot (1)
RBI: Massielo (3) / Curley (1) / Pallante (1) / Madera (1) / Murphy (1)
Walks: Massielo (1) / Madera (1) / Sot (1) / Bruno (1)

UP NEXT
Arcadia (22-8) returns to action on Sunday when it travels to Lycoming for a 12:00 p.m. Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) game.